early modern · Pavia and Milan

Gaspare Aselli

1581–1625/26

Plates

• Tab. XV: The milky veins (1622 (seen) · 1627 (published))
  A well-fed dog reveals a whole new set of vessels, which Aselli then sends to the wrong organ.

What they got wrong

• The milky veins run to the liver The lacteals carry chyle from the gut to the liver, where it is made into blood.